Security guard calls TNP hotline after seeing fire

Security guard Joshua Singh, 47, was having his breakfast at Tekka Market last Monday when he noticed plumes of black smoke billowing out in the distance.

Intrigued, he walked closer and saw flames coming out from the second storey of Jungle Tandoor Restaurant, in Serangoon Road.

Suddenly, he heard several explosions and saw people running away.

He said: "When I first saw the huge fire coming out of the building, I was wondering how such a blaze could have happened.

"I realised that people would want to know about it too, so I immediately called The New Paper."

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) sent two fire engines, a Red Rhino, a support vehicle and an ambulance to the scene. An SCDF spokesman said the fire was extinguished using two water jets and no one was injured.